NEWS - Myanmar, Bangladesh Hold Eco

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Subject: NEWS - Myanmar, Bangladesh Hold Economic Seminar

Myanmar, Bangladesh Hold Economic Seminar

               Xinhua
               09-JUN-99

               YANGON (June 10) XINHUA - Myanmar and
               Bangladeshi business delegations held an
               economic seminar here Wednesday to seek ways
               to promote business relations between the two
               countries, official newspaper The New Light of
               Myanmar reported Thursday. 

               The seminar took place between visiting
               Bangladeshi business and investment delegation
               led by Abdul Awal Mintoo, president of the
               Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce
               and Industry (FBCCI), and Myanmar-Bangladesh
               Business Promotion Center of Myanmar led by its
               chairman Maksad Khan. 

               The seminar focused on bilateral trade, investment,
               cooperation on mutually beneficial basis and border
               trade, the report said. 

               According to official statistics,
               Myanmar-Bangladesh bilateral trade stands at 8
               million U.S. dollars annually.